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Totally different. >> it was a phase. i went through it. >> the then senator in august of 2008 said gas prices are wiping out paychecks and straining businesses. well, the republicans could say the same thing about that today. meanwhile, yesterday, the president's spokesperson was asked by jake tapper, wait a minute, how can you say you guys are doing everything when you turn down the keystone xl pipeline? it was quite an exchange. we got it on tape. >> with keystone, as you know the history here, is pretty clear. and the fact is that because republicans decided to play politics with keystone,...

Deny the permit process because they insisted on a time frame within which it was impossible to appropriately approve the pipeline. megyn: the american people going to pie that? >> they haven't so far, megyn. we saw in the latest fox news poll done earlier this month by an almost 2-1 margin americans said the pipeline ought to be built and that we ought to have access to that canadian oil that can be pumped down to where the refining stations are. so this is a very direct one, because that oil was supposed to be headed right to refinery locations on the gulf of mexico that could really very qu...

United states, has nothing to do with the pipeline, it's a joke, they want to oppose a middle class tax cut and using the pipeline as an excuse the american people are tired of excuses. >> there are serious environmental concerns about where this oil is coming from in canada and how toxic it could be, and also the pipeline would be running over the midwest, which would be over a major aquifer, that deals with drinking water, irrigation for crops. this is a big deal. >> i guess the bp spill in the gulf of mexico wasn't enough now they want it in nebraska nebraska. there are environmental issues...

With the pipeline, it's a joke, they want to oppose a middle class tax cut and using the pipeline as an excuse the american people are tired of excuses. >> there are serious environmental concerns about where this oil is coming from in canada and how toxic it could be, and also the pipeline would be running over the midwest, which would be over a major aquifer, that deals with drinking water, irrigation for crops. this is a big deal. >> i guess the bp spill in the gulf of mexico wasn't enough now they want it in nebraska nebraska. there are environmental issues, that is why you have a permitti...

Other areas. republicans want to open up more areas to offshore drilling. bills just passed by the house would vastly increase the sea floor available to explore and speed up the permit process. the white house and environmental groups strongly oppose those measures. >> house bills set up a situation where we will have less safety and less requirements than we had last year. >> environmental groups argue the amount of oil coming from the gulf could be replaced with alternative forms of energy. the industry maintains offshore drilling is a crucial component to domestic energy supplies. the pres...